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Correspondent
Nov 12 min read
Plain Speak
“These state elections are taking place in a particular political backdrop. The BJP’s senior leadership had toppled the MVA government by...
Aditi Pai
Nov 12 min read
The Barons of Solapur
When the Mohite-Patil father-son duo, Vijaysinh and Ranjitsinh and quit the BJP to return to the NCP (SP) this year, it worried the...
Aditi Pai
Oct 312 min read
NCP (SP) hopes to leverage rift between Marathas, OBCs
Mumbai: In August, Sharad Pawar’s convoy was stopped in Solapur’s Barshi town by Maratha protestors demanding to know his stance on the...
Correspondent
Oct 301 min read
Plain Speak
“Ratan Tata wanted the project to come up in Maharashtra, and in consultation with him, a 500 acre plot in Nagpur MIDC area was marked...
Aditi Pai
Oct 302 min read
Is the NCP (SP) thawing its Maratha party image?
Pawar’s party reaching out to various communities to break the Mahayuti vote Mumbai: Sharad Pawar’s election war room is buzzing with...
Abhijit Mulye
Oct 302 min read
Woman CM in Waiting!
Supriya Sule is MP from Baramati. She is not contesting the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Yet, if a chance arises after the...
Correspondent
Oct 291 min read
Plain Speak
“Today, we came here to file the nomination form of Yugendra Pawar, a young candidate from Baramati. He has studied abroad, is highly...
Suyash Padate
Oct 292 min read
Ajit fighting a battle for relevance
Mumbai: The NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Baramati assembly constituency. Significantly, this...
Abhijit Mulye
Oct 292 min read
Congress’ bête noire!
He accuses Sharad Pawar of having met Dawood, he accuses Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray of cheating the BJP and having secret meeting...
Aditi Pai
Oct 293 min read
NCP (SP) banks on Awhad for Muslim outreach
Jitendra Awhad has won Mumbra, a seat with a majority Muslim population, since 2009 but is now facing a challenge from his own former...
Abhijit Joshi
Oct 282 min read
The Chanakya who remained in dark
The aggression displayed by Congress party workers has significantly decreased over the years. In the 1980s and 1990s, the party’s youth...
Aditi Pai
Oct 282 min read
Deshmukh becomes Centre of election campaign
Accused on corruption and money laundering and fresh on the heels of a jail term, Anil Deshmukh could become a talking point for the two...
Manisha Rege
Oct 272 min read
Fighting against uncle, but I’m not worried: Yugendra
Mumbai: With stage set for another battle within the Pawar clan in Baramati, NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar says fighting against his...
Aditi Pai
Oct 263 min read
A beeline for NCP (SP)
THE PARTY IS SEEING AN INFLUX OF SENIOR LEADERS FROM WESTERN MAHARASHTRA AND MARATHWADA Mumbai: A popular joke doing the rounds is that...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 252 min read
Sweet Power Plays
In Maharashtra, the political landscape is deeply entwined with the sugar industry, a sector that has historically bolstered the...
Aditi Pai
Oct 252 min read
NCP (SP) bags the best deal in MVA
WITH 85 SEATS AND A FEW MORE FOR ITS SMALLER ALLIES, THE NCP (SP) HAS BAGGED A CHUNK OF THE PIE Mumbai: The leader must get the best of...
Correspondent
Oct 242 min read
The Sultans of Solapur
Sushilkumar Shinde’s recently released memoir reveals lesser-known and interesting facets of India’s political history and politicians as...
Aditi Pai
Oct 243 min read
Is Rohit Pawar being groomed for a bigger role?
A CLOSE CONNECT WITH THE ELECTORATE AND HIS GREAT UNCLE’S FAITH IN HIM MAKE ROHIT PAWAR A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN THE NCP(SP) Mumbai:...
Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Oct 232 min read
Congress sends a signal in Thorat’s promotion
Mumbai: The visits of senior Congressman Balasaheb Thorat with Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT)...
Anoop Raghav
Oct 233 min read
Unkept promises major reason behind defections from BJP
Mumbai: The recent wave of defections from the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and the...
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